MT55 18 bl

around 16:00 he says: “In principal it looks like you could fit a 165mm blade into the tool but it’s not the best option as it will hit the bottom hinge of the door and when the blade retracts it will hit the upper part of inner housing and damage itself so it’s best to use 160-2 mm blades”


He is now dead to me.




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I haven't used the saw enough for a thorough review but so far so very good.

I use my KSS40 on the current on site project and I don't feel like having both Mafell saws on site as there are lots of people running around in the cellar/basement doing various things and some people are more curious than others as to what is going on so I don't want all eggs in one basket. There have been a few times where I could have used the MT55/18 over the KSS40 - I have been running the KSS40 with the FSN rails and angle attachment for subflooring and even cutting 45x220 studs (...) that were too long to swing around the mitre saw and I had to flip them to cut through... The KSS40 works great with the angle unit and I can't see how the MT55 would not be at least as good - possibly better.

Still I appreciate the KSS40 when I cut down scraps as there is little to no risk of binding and kick back as the saw just stalls out if pushed to hard. I am not saying I am reckless, but freehanding a circ saw has a few potential risks.

But I digress, back to the MT55cc: I think it is brilliant, at no point so far have I felt I am using a battery saw and not the regular MT55cc. I am sure there are situations where the MT55cc will be the better option.

I was going to pit the MT55/18 against the Metabo LTX57 but the Metabo is a few days delayed due to the great number of orders on Black Friday so I am still waiting on it. I had hoped I would get it last week as I was in the workshop some and would have had time to pit them against each other.

I have a monstrous particleboard transport base to cut to pieces - I dont' know the dimensions but it is around 30/35mm thick and very large, about 1800x2500mm. The new Felder router was transported on it and the base/board is still outside on the loading dock. I was going to cut up the board with the MT55/18 and the LTX57 and see how they fare with the 7Ah battery. Still, no Metabo and no 7Ah battery.

Speaking of batteries. I was stupid enough to try and drill up a larger hole in a hard concrete roof (going from 8 to 10mm) and the drill bit caught on the last hole to be enlarged and twisted the drill so I had to let go and jump off the ladder - Ninja Style - and as I landed the drill hit the ground beside me and battery came off - much to my horror I could see a piece of plastic - but it was the 3,1Ah battery and not the drill that broke off a piece - phew!  That was my own bloody fault for NOT using the accessory grip - I was running a vac and held the hose up to the drill bit and only had an extra finger on the drill when it caught. A little scary.

Funny thing is that I was contemplating ordering a 3,5Ah LiHD battery as well on Black Friday but thought that I have just enough batteries plus one spare - and now I broke my spare 3,1 LiHD and I am short one battery...

I did some floor board cuts building two podiums and the 3,1Ah drains pretty fast with the KSS40, I was using one LiHD5,5 for the Metabo floodlight and was too lazy to switch over but will do next time - the run time is so much better with the larger batt's.

 

aas: I haven't noticed any significant performance drop in my 3,1Ah batt's yet - they last very long for drilling and driving large screws. But for high drain tools they sure empty fast. For the multicutter it works great, and for the hammer drill pretty good but for the jigsaw I was shocked at how fast I could drain the batteries.

I guess the above could suggest that they are actually fading a little.

I haven't used the 3,1 for the mitre saw but I have used it for the worklight, multicutter, hammer drill and the A18m drill to great effect. I did run the KSS40 on the 3,1Ah while a 5,5 was charging and there was an obvious difference in runtime - more than the battery capacity would suggest.

I have a 3,1Ah battery due for replacement and will get a 3,5Ah battery. I don't expect any great change for the better but it is priced the same and will not be worse.

Still waiting on the 7Ah battery and I will charge it on the chunky fast charger and see how fast I can top it up.

Except for using them on the drills I consider the 5,5Ah LiHD the "best" battery in terms of weight, performance and charging times. I do have a faster charger now so it will be interesting to see charging times on the 7Ah - it migh turn out the same as the 5,5 on the other charger but then again the 5,5 will charge faster on the new charger too.

I logged into the forum today, just to check how people have been getting on with the dustbag that's included with the MT55 18bl (I use an MT55cc).

I'm disappointed to see, from the previous page, that the new dustbag may behave unreliably in its fitment to the saw.

Can anyone else commment on this issue?

I really do need to get a dustbag for my MT55cc soon, as there are too many situations where I find myself using my MT55cc but where a vacuum would be too intrusive, on-site.

Thanks, Henrun; can you point me to a specific Metabo dustbag that you know to fit well and work well with the MT55?

There are so many dustbags on the market that it's very difficult to know which one will really do the business without falling off and without clogging every 5 seconds.

For example, I tried an Evolution mitresaw dustbag and it just cloggs instantly on the MT55:

mafell-users-forum.freeforums.net/post/16771/thread

Sorry it took a while to get back!

Metabo part no for the dustbag is: 316056340

This is a link to an image of the bag:

www.ebay.com/itm/Metabo-316056340-Replacement-Dust-bag-for-the-KGS-216-254-305-/202218297273?_ul=DO